Small Claims Jurisdiction

1. Personal Injury.
2. Damage to personal property or real estate.
3. Landlord and tenant disputes.
4. Money owed (bad checks, wages, services rendered, accounts receivable).
5. Return of wrongfully taken property and return of money paid for faulty work.

By Indiana Law, small claims are currently limited to cases where the amount sought to be recovered is Ten Thousand dollars ($10,000) or less.

Corporations are currently limited to $6,000, see page 9 in this manual for details.

*If you hire an attorney, you probably will not be able to get attorney’s fees as part of any judgment. Some exceptions do apply:

1. When a written agreement calls for the payment of attorney’s fees
2. In the case of a bad check.